Established in 2013, RightPlace Consulting helps companies run more efficiently by understanding and articulating each client’s vision for their business and then creating killer software to make it a reality. We thrive on face to face meetings and truly understanding your needs so we can put our engineering talent to work and come up with a solution. Engaging our clients in long-term strategic partnerships is what we do best.

Above all, our goal is to be transparent, dependable, personable and trustworthy. We love working with people and get excited about bringing systems to life that help your business run more smoothly and reduce the frequency of tech-related headaches. Our engineering team’s domain expertise encompasses the entire software development and data science domain – from business requirements to UI/UX design, back-end engineering, development operations, analytics/reporting and post launch support.

We are headquartered in Austin, Texas and are helping our clients develop practical technology solutions. Our clients operate at all levels of enterprise and in a wide range of industries, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. We approach each client with a firm commitment to return on investment and a long-term partnership built on integrity and trust.

Leadership

Richard Panter

Richard Panter is the Founder and CEO of
RightPlace Consulting (RPC). Richard started his
technology career by recruiting and building
software and data science teams for many tech
companies, from Fortune 500s to startups,
here in Austin, TX. He specializes in building
and managing software development teams and
creating partnerships with companies that need
support from high performance teams. Richard is
now primarily responsible for software delivery
processes, business/tech analysis, resource
acquisition, agile project management, and
managing RPC’s business.

He has been fortunate to have experiences
supporting exciting work streams for many
customers including, but not limited to, Daimler,
Mercedes, Car2Go, and Southwest Airlines. His
strengths include dynamic interpersonal and
leadership skills, innovative problem solving and
excellent communication skills, with extensive
team building and successful delivery of
enterprise software projects.

Zach Arrington

Zach Arrington is the COO of RPC. After a 10 year
career in Finance as an Analyst, OSJ and Operations
Director for independent wealth management firms and
broker-dealers, Zach made the transition to Tech
where he specialized in leading on-shore and
offshore development teams to create cutting edge
products across multiple verticals. Zach’s expertise
and passion for client success doesn’t end with the
delivery of a product - he has served as lead
architect for several international Digital
Marketing campaigns, all while serving as the
product owner and development lead for FieldWatch,
which became the world’s #1 application for Digital Marketing Compliance for direct sellers during his 5 years as the product’s owner.

At RightPlace Consulting, Zach’s tech, finance and
marketing backgrounds allow him to deeply
understand clients’ business goals and help them
create efficient and scalable technical solutions
to accomplish those goals, both during and after
the development process.

At RightPlace Consulting, we have a passion for building great custom software that is tailored to your unique requirements. Whether you are looking to enhance existing software or completely build a new enterprise-level application, our experienced software developers will deliver a customized solution that supports both your current and future business needs.

Our team provides full life cycle support of enterprise software applications and can help in:

Multi-Tier Application Development with a tech-agnostic approach

Service Oriented Architecture and Development

Building Micro Services

Application Development using highly scalable patterns/solutions

EAI and ERP Integration on premises and in the cloud

Efficiently building applications that scale properly requires the right architecture – one that allows for integration and reuse between different teams. Our highly experienced team allows us to appreciate the complexity of such systems and properly advise about what technology is available that fits your project needs and team structure. To achieve the best quality in enterprise application development, our team is flexible and uses a variety of development methodologies that align well with your organization.

Our software application development company have years of expertise in complex, data-driven websites and advanced web application development using responsive design for all devices and resolutions. We build mobile-centric web applications that can transform your business to fit in with modern cross-platform devices. Starting from UI/UX design and development, we deliver rich web app experiences that are a clean and easy to use.

Our team has helped many clients with modernization and mobilization of existing web applications, best software jobs, building REST APIs to integrate with legacy systems, rich/elegant and visually compelling HTML5/JavaScript applications that work great on all devices.

Your business is generating thousands of data points every day.
Are you taking full advantage of all the insights this data
has to offer? Data science and predictive analytics are
at the core of the RPC skillset. We excel at transforming
data into actionable insights and deploying them in real-time,
scalable systems.

From automated reporting services to bespoke technical analysis and workflow optimization, the RPC team specializes in helping businesses visualize their data and turn it into actionable insights. Areas of expertise include:

Successful mobile applications are created out of goal-oriented strategies, precise architecture, and beautiful UI/UX designs. Our expert knowledge in iOS, Android, javascript web-based solutions, backend integration and cloud hosting gives us the ability to handle tough technical challenges that are inherent in mobile application development. We build handcrafted, custom solutions that are designed to your specific business needs.

Knowing what type of mobile app to build can be tricky. There are pros and cons to both native and web based mobile apps. We are fluent in both and can help you understand which is best for your business.

Native Mobile Development

There is nothing like the real thing. Native development is going to take your mobile experience to the next level. Whether it’s an internal business application to increase efficiency or a consumer app to boost sales, the functionality and ease of use are going to be at their highest.

Native mobile development advantages:

Increased functionality

Can be used without internet connection

Runs directly on your device

Faster and smoother interactions

Can be sold in different market places like the App Store

Cross-Platform Development

Writing code once and allowing it to work for you in multiple markets is a cost effective and practical strategy. Using technologies like PhoneGap, Xamarin and Cordova to their fullest extent, we build beautiful mobile applications that work on multiple platforms, including iOS, Android and Windows phones.

After decades of designing internal business applications and consumer applications, we have learned that if it isn’t intuitive to work with and easy to navigate, then people will do their best to stick with what they know… which is generally outdated software that they have had to learn to use over the years. Introducing sleek designs that people enjoy using is how to increase user adoption. Let us show you how to understand your end user and create software that they will WANT to use.

Your business is generating thousands of data points every day. Are you taking
full advantage of all the insights this data has to offer? Data science and
predictive analytics are at the core of the RPC skillset. We excel at
transforming data into actionable insights and deploying them in real-time,
scalable systems.

Data management is of the upmost importance to us. We know your data is what matters and we treat that with respect. With security threats at every corner, making sure your data is securely hosted and always available is extremely important. Maintaining 99% uptime is what you will always get with us.

Development Operations

To build great custom software, it is essential that software releases are executed efficiently, reliably, and with agility. At RPC, we bring together development and operations to streamline and automate the process for creating efficient and quality software enhancements. For projects both large and small, we have staff dedicated to ensure that DevOps processes are setup and maintained appropriately throughout the project lifecycle.

Security

Security is always a top priority for our clients. Your data is sensitive and proprietary and we make sure to keep it that way. We use penetration testing to uncover software vulnerabilities with the primary goals of finding unauthorized access points and/or retrieval of sensative data.

We carry a wide array of skills and
experience in this field including:

Every single interaction a customer has with your business contains vital
data. By analyzing the data and deriving insights around their decisions,
you can exponentially increase the efficiency of your marketing and
engagement. We can help leverage your data to answer questions like:

How should similar types of customers be grouped and segmented?

What are drivers of response rates, customer loyalty, and attrition and
how can this be improved?

How can marketing campaigns be made more effective so that the right
customer / prospect receives the right offer at the right time?

Knowing exactly who your audience is and how to target them is the goal of
any business decision or marketing campaign. We can help make sure yours are
supported by reliable conclusions drawn directly from your data.

Scheduling & Demand Prediction

We carry a wide array of skills and
experience in this field including:

Using in-house and industry data to predict customer demand and future fleet
distribution

Helping to transition one of the world’s most recognized luxury brands into the 21st Century

The RPC Team designed and developed Daimler’s first fleet management
system for autonomous vehicles. This included creating predictive
analytics that allow their system to send vehicles to customers and
maintenance more quickly by responding to real and predicted traffic
flow. The system also creates better access to consumers, with more
efficient positioning for vehicles based on market demand. This
resulted in less employee guesswork and less time needed to manage
the fleets. Live insights into the vehicles’ positions and maintenance
status created reliable data for their entire targeted market,
allowing them to make real-time business decisions.

Challenge

Prediction Demand

Data Acquisition

Web/Mobile Tech to Vehicle Communication

Heavy Process and Safety Documentation and Quality Checks

Cohesive Fleet Management

No Cloud Hosting or Support

Customer analytics and loyalty programs

Technology

Python

Angular.js

Node.js

Mongo DB

IBM Softlayer

Docker

Kubernetes

Services

Custom Software Development

Web App Development

Mobile App Development

Legacy Modernization

UI/UX Design

Development Operations & Cloud Hosting

24/7 Infrastructure Monitoring & Production Support

Product Security

Long Term Strategic Partnership

After building the fleet management system for CAR2GO, Daimler
approached RPC to design and build a similar system for autonomous
vehicles. This was initially an MVP that was the baseline for Daimler’s
Research and Development teams in Germany. The project was initially
based on brand new technology that had not yet been field tested and
the RPC team oversaw the process from prototype to fleet-wide
release and support. Daimler uses Mercedes-Benz vehicles and features
one-way point-to-point rentals using driverless vehicles.

Apart from the general fleet management system, project control at
Daimler needed to be able to understand all the variables that affect
traffic patterns (city events, weather conditions, wrecks, etc.).
By creating demand forecasting algorithms, the system was able to
better understand how to send the vehicles to locations where they’d
most likely be used. RPC project leaders integrated with several
other Daimler teams all over the world to bring this technology to
life. Our team of experts worked with them to understand their
vision and produced a product roadmap as a reference for all future
development. We followed a technology stack that our team had used
on previous projects and which fit into Daimler’s technology ecosystem.
After 10 months, we had our MVP up and running and started successfully
testing with autonomous vehicles

Results:

Successful autonomous vehicle pick up and drop off of customers

Deployment of first iteration of autonomous vehicle fleet management system

Real-time data at a glance ensuring best business decisions can be made

Use in-house and industry data to predict customer demand and future fleet distribution

Each market can individually customize their data interactions with the system

Deployed a data migration strategy to make standalone services autonomous

Daimler can now update, support, and enhance individual services, faster

Developers, architects, and business leaders recognize the value
that microservices can bring to the organization

Why RightPlace

Expertise:

Daimler approached RightPlace for their expertise with web based
applications and proven track record to deliver successful projects.
RPC’s highest goal is to establish long-term partnerships with our
clients, and our successful work for their subsidiary Car2Go resulted
in a request to assist with this larger rollout. We’re proud of our
successes in implementing real time, data analytics-based solutions
for transportation companies - and we’re always interested in helping
to create solutions to fleet management and logistical problems.

Customer First Model:

As with the beginning of every new relationship, we are relentless
on customer intimacy, learning all the details of the customer’s
current state and to become acutely aware of business process. This
made RPC the right choice to deliver on new business initiatives and
become a long term strategic partner.

Technology Choice:

Here at RPC, we know there are many different technology choices
out there and choosing from the vast number of tech stack choices
available can be difficult. We are confident in our ability to
deliver quality results across a wide range of technologies. We will
not stop until we’ve identified the elements that are the best fit
for your needs. We excel at helping companies educate themselves on
their options and giving expert advice on strategic decisions
whenever needed.

Established in 2013, RightPlace Consulting helps companies run more efficiently by understanding and articulating each client’s vision for their business and then creating killer software to make it a reality. We thrive on face to face meetings and truly understanding your needs so we can put our engineering talent to work and come up with a solution. Engaging our clients in long-term strategic partnerships is what we do best.

Above all, our goal is to be transparent, dependable, personable and trustworthy. We love working with people and get excited about bringing systems to life that help your business run more smoothly and reduce the frequency of tech-related headaches. Our engineering team’s domain expertise encompasses the entire software development and data science domain – from business requirements to UI/UX design, back-end engineering, development operations, analytics/reporting and post launch support.

We are headquartered in Austin, Texas and are helping our clients develop practical technology solutions. Our clients operate at all levels of enterprise and in a wide range of industries, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. We approach each client with a firm commitment to return on investment and a long-term partnership built on integrity and trust.

Leadership

Richard Panter

Richard Panter is the Founder and CEO of
RightPlace Consulting (RPC). Richard started his
technology career by recruiting and building
software and data science teams for many tech
companies, from Fortune 500s to startups,
here in Austin, TX. He specializes in building
and managing software development teams and
creating partnerships with companies that need
support from high performance teams. Richard is
now primarily responsible for software delivery
processes, business/tech analysis, resource
acquisition, agile project management, and
managing RPC’s business.

He has been fortunate to have experiences
supporting exciting work streams for many
customers including, but not limited to, Daimler,
Mercedes, Car2Go, and Southwest Airlines. His
strengths include dynamic interpersonal and
leadership skills, innovative problem solving and
excellent communication skills, with extensive
team building and successful delivery of
enterprise software projects.

Zach Arrington

Zach Arrington is the COO of RPC. After a 10 year
career in Finance as an Analyst, OSJ and Operations
Director for independent wealth management firms and
broker-dealers, Zach made the transition to Tech
where he specialized in leading on-shore and
offshore development teams to create cutting edge
products across multiple verticals. Zach’s expertise
and passion for client success doesn’t end with the
delivery of a product - he has served as lead
architect for several international Digital
Marketing campaigns, all while serving as the
product owner and development lead for FieldWatch,
which became the world’s #1 application for Digital Marketing Compliance for direct sellers during his 5 years as the product’s owner.

At RightPlace Consulting, Zach’s tech, finance and
marketing backgrounds allow him to deeply
understand clients’ business goals and help them
create efficient and scalable technical solutions
to accomplish those goals, both during and after
the development process.

Featured Story

Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Management for Mercedes-Benz

Autonomous Vehicle Fleet Management with Demand Prediction

Successful autonomous vehicle pick up and drop off of customers

Deployment of first iteration of autonomous vehicle fleet management system

Services

Our primary goal is always to ensure that our clients have the right strategic direction and technical solution to match their challenges. Our team has proven success across a wide variety of technologies in the service offerings below.

Custom App Development

At RightPlace Consulting, we have a passion for building great custom software that is tailored to your unique requirements. Whether you are looking to enhance existing software or completely build a new enterprise-level application, our experienced software developers will deliver a customized solution that supports both your current and future business needs.

Our team provides full life cycle support of enterprise software applications and can help in:

Multi-Tier Application Development with a tech-agnostic approach

Service Oriented Architecture and Development

Building Micro Services

Application Development using highly scalable patterns/solutions

EAI and ERP Integration on premises and in the cloud

Efficiently building applications that scale properly requires the right architecture – one that allows for integration and reuse between different teams. Our highly experienced team allows us to appreciate the complexity of such systems and properly advise about what technology is available that fits your project needs and team structure. To achieve the best quality in enterprise application development, our team is flexible and uses a variety of development methodologies that align well with your organization.

Advanced Web Development

Our software application development company have years of expertise in complex, data-driven websites and advanced web application development using responsive design for all devices and resolutions. We build mobile-centric web applications that can transform your business to fit in with modern cross-platform devices. Starting from UI/UX design and development, we deliver rich web app experiences that are a clean and easy to use.

Our team has helped many clients with modernization and mobilization of existing web applications, best software jobs, building REST APIs to integrate with legacy systems, rich/elegant and visually compelling HTML5/JavaScript applications that work great on all devices.

Mobile App Development

Successful mobile applications are created out of goal-oriented strategies, precise architecture, and beautiful UI/UX designs. Our expert knowledge in iOS, Android, javascript web-based solutions, backend integration and cloud hosting gives us the ability to handle tough technical challenges that are inherent in mobile application development. We build handcrafted, custom solutions that are designed to your specific business needs.

Knowing what type of mobile app to build can be tricky. There are pros and cons to both native and web based mobile apps. We are fluent in both and can help you understand which is best for your business.

Native Mobile Development

There is nothing like the real thing. Native development is going to take your mobile experience to the next level. Whether it’s an internal business application to increase efficiency or a consumer app to boost sales, the functionality and ease of use are going to be at their highest.

Native mobile development advantages:

Increased functionality

Can be used without internet connection

Runs directly on your device

Faster and smoother interactions

Can be sold in different market places like the App Store

Cross-Platform Development

Writing code once and allowing it to work for you in multiple markets is a cost effective and practical strategy. Using technologies like PhoneGap, Xamarin and Cordova to their fullest extent, we build beautiful mobile applications that work on multiple platforms, including iOS, Android and Windows phones.

Cross-platform application development advantages:

Great Performance

Easy Maintenance

Close-to-Native User Experience

Fast Delivery to the Market

Lower Development Costs

UI/UX Design

After decades of designing internal business applications and consumer applications, we have learned that if it isn’t intuitive to work with and easy to navigate, then people will do their best to stick with what they know… which is generally outdated software that they have had to learn to use over the years. Introducing sleek designs that people enjoy using is how to increase user adoption. Let us show you how to understand your end user and create software that they will WANT to use.

Clarity is the #1 job of the UI

UI/UX standards

Responsive and user friendly

Design strategy and research

Interactive mockups

Reporting & Analytics

Your business is generating thousands of data points every day. Are you taking
full advantage of all the insights this data has to offer? Data science and
predictive analytics are at the core of the RPC skillset. We excel at
transforming data into actionable insights and deploying them in real-time,
scalable systems.

From automated reporting services to bespoke technical analysis and workflow optimization, the RPC team specializes in helping businesses visualize their data and turn it into actionable insights. Areas of expertise include:

Data Mining

Business Performance Management

Sales Predictions

Digital Marketing Return Predictions

Increase of Customer Lifetime Value

Analysis of Public Discourse and Sentiment

Cloud Hosting

Data management is of the upmost importance to us. We know your data is what matters and we treat that with respect. With security threats at every corner, making sure your data is securely hosted and always available is extremely important. Maintaining 99% uptime is what you will always get with us.

Development Operations

To build great custom software, it is essential that software releases are executed efficiently, reliably, and with agility. At RPC, we bring together development and operations to streamline and automate the process for creating efficient and quality software enhancements. For projects both large and small, we have staff dedicated to ensure that DevOps processes are setup and maintained appropriately throughout the project lifecycle.

Security

Security is always a top priority for our clients. Your data is sensitive and proprietary and we make sure to keep it that way. We use penetration testing to uncover software vulnerabilities with the primary goals of finding unauthorized access points and/or retrieval of sensative data.

Application Penetration Testing

Mobile App Penetration Testing

Secure Code Review

Secure Integrations

Network Security

Secure Code Policies & Guidelines

Manual and Automated Scans

Digital marketing

Delivery of a marketable product is just
the beginning. We can help optimize
your web presence and marketing strategy
to ensure maximum visibility for your
business and products.

SEO Audit & Management

Content Strategy Audit & Management

Paid Search Audit & Management

Website design & construction (Wordpress)

Business Intelligence

Customer Analytics

We carry a wide array of skills and
experience in this field including:

Every single interaction a customer has with your business contains vital
data. By analyzing the data and deriving insights around their decisions,
you can exponentially increase the efficiency of your marketing and
engagement. We can help leverage your data to answer questions like:

How should similar types of customers be grouped and segmented?

What are drivers of response rates, customer loyalty, and attrition and
how can this be improved?

How can marketing campaigns be made more effective so that the right
customer / prospect receives the right offer at the right time?

Knowing exactly who your audience is and how to target them is the goal of
any business decision or marketing campaign. We can help make sure yours are
supported by reliable conclusions drawn directly from your data.

Scheduling & Demand Prediction

We carry a wide array of skills and
experience in this field including:

Using in-house and industry data to predict customer demand and future fleet
distribution